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Gordon R. Dickson - You don't quench ambition by...
You don't quench ambition by feeding it any more than you quench a fire the same way,” said Cletus. "To an ambitious man, what he already has is nothing. It's what he doesn't have that counts. (Gordon R. Dickson)

You don't quench ambition by feeding it any more than you quench a fire the same way,” said Cletus. "To an ambitious man, what he already has is nothing. It's what he doesn't have that counts.

Gordon R. Dickson

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